Confusion of sentimentality as spirituality

[Spirit of '22]

It bothers me when people do this. I see it in this forum often. A man who acts like a girl, weeping over every pain in the world, is not a spiritual man at all. Another rhetorical question I know the answer to here: Why do people equate tolerant, gray, smiley niceness with being spiritual?

[UrbnTbone]

Heart qualities don't necessary reduce to your opinion of them.

[VeneFrigus]

If you're considering the person who inflicting the damage as evil and think the victim to be good, then I suppose it could be considered a sort of righteous outrage sort of spirituality.

Edit - Typo

[This message has been edited by VeneFrigus (edited 06-08-2003).]

[user X]

But most people can't make those simple distinctions.

[Spirit of '22]

I want ArmsMerchant to answer this question.

[ArmsMerchant]

Contrary to the Catholic icons, god is not a fucking bleeding heart.

Years and years ago, when D&D was new, I knew a dungeonmaster who would not allow evil characters--she wanted a "positive" game. What a crock of shit. Without darkness, light has no meaning.

I read somewhere that to be sentimental about something means that you love it more than god does. Just a few of the many words of wisdom that I have stolen over the years.

[VeneFrigus]

I can certainly understand that dungeonmaster. The party's supposed to be fighting the evil. The darkness has a place...as the opposition.

[UrbnTbone]

quote:Originally posted by ArmsMerchant:

Contrary to the Catholic icons, god is not a fucking bleeding heart.

LOL